Kaplan Publishing Releases GRE(R) Exam Vocabulary Flashcards and Medical Terms for Nurses Applications for the BlackBerry

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 16, 2009) - The BlackBerry has helped revolutionize how and where we work. It seems that everyone -- from executives to the leader of the free world -- understands the value of this 21st century tool. Adding to the BlackBerry's usefulness, Kaplan Publishing today announced the availability of its best-selling GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards and Medical Terms for Nurses applications on BlackBerry. Intended for prospective grad students, the GRE app will help users augment their vocabulary for the verbal portion of the Graduate Record Exam. The Medical Terms app is designed to help nursing students learn terms needed for both the workplace and licensure exams.

BlackBerry App World, the new online store that sells applications for Research In Motion's 21 million BlackBerry users, incorporated Kaplan's GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards and Medical Terms for Nurses apps into the first group of products it is offering. The GRE app costs $4.99 and the Medical Terms app retails for $9.99. Both were developed in partnership with gWhiz (www.gWhizmobile.com).

"Millions of people rely on their BlackBerrys for work-related purposes and now we're providing a way for those users to prepare for the GRE," said Jennifer Farthing, executive director at Kaplan Publishing. "Today's nurses are often time-challenged professionals striving for work-life balance, so ease of access in a reference tool is key. Their BlackBerrys are a perfect solution."

Kaplan's GRE app helps prospective graduate students master more than 500 words -- from "abstemious" to "incarnadine" to "zealot." The app functions in two modes, flashcards and reference. Each flashcard includes definition(s), phonetic pronunciation, part of speech, synonyms, and a word in the context of a sentence. For more information: www.kaplanpublishing.com/GREapp.

The Medical Terms for Nurses application features over 2,000 terms commonly used by nurses. The app provides an alphabetical listing of all terms, the phonetic pronunciations of each and categorized study sets, for ease of use. For more information: www.kaplanpublishing.com/nursingapps

In addition to BlackBerry App World, Kaplan's GRE Vocabulary Flashcards and Medical Terms for Nurses applications are available for download from all four BlackBerry App retail stores: Handango, Crackberry, MobiHand, and PinStack.

The GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards app may be used alone or in conjunction with Kaplan's number one best-selling GRE course or the number one book, GRE Premier Program 2009. For more information on Kaplan's GRE offerings go to www.kaptest.com/GRE. To learn about Kaplan's nursing programs, go to www.kaptest.com/nursing.

Kaplan is leading the way with mobile study tools. Since January Kaplan has released four applications for the iPhone® and iPod Touch®: the GRE® Exam Vocabulary Flashcards, Medical Terms for Nurses, NCLEX-RN® Medications Flashcards, Math for Nurses, and SAT® Flashcubes.

About Kaplan Publishing

Kaplan Publishing is one of the nation's leading publishers of academic and professional development resources, including a recently expanded trade program that includes non-fiction narratives that not only educate but entertain. Kaplan Publishing offers proven test preparation and admissions strategies for students everywhere, as well as practical advice, thought-provoking insights, and inspiring stories for the general reader. Kaplan Publishing is a unit of Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). www.kaplanpublishing.com

About gWhiz

gWhiz provides affordable mobile educational software to support a lifetime of learning. gWhiz offers a suite of productivity and learning tools that provide on-the-go planning, learning, fun, and collaboration. gWhiz products have been designed for professionals and students of all ages. gWhiz also offers custom mobile application development and consulting services. www.gWhizmobile.com

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